Vote on what breed I should get!

[MGG]

Probably! I'm either only getting the first 5-7, or I'm getting all of them. I wouldn't be getting them all at once, but I'd get the first 5, then the next year get the next 4.

Cool! Congrats!!!

 

[black_cat]

Cool! Congrats!!!

Parents are mostly convinced and I think that they're going to go for it!!! I'm so excited

 

[Birdsong 82]

Every BR I've ever owned had a wonderful disposition. Sometimes it just depends on the chicken itself

 

[Birdsong 82]

Ok.... I went with oe because you mentioned colors and they are fairly dependable layers ... also not large breed to help you maintain space
And BR because of disposition and egg production
I love legbars but not too productive if that's what your looking for
My Wyandottes have always been sassy but definitely give me plenty of eggs
I also have the worst time when I choose new breeds but trying to maintain a sane limit.

 

[Birdsong 82]

But again this is my experience. Different experiences everywhere I'm sure

 

[Iheartbirds]

So this might not actually end up happening, depending on what parents decide, but in one of my 2 possible plans, I am getting some chicks and I don't know what breeds I should get. One of them will be a white leghorn, but there are two more chick slots that need to be filled.
Options are:
-Cream Legbar
-Red Sex Link
-Barred Rock
-Delaware
-Speckled Sussex
-Olive Egger
-Silver Spangled Hamburg
-Golden Laced Wyandotte
-Silver Laced Wyandotte
-Black Australorp
This will be going into a flock of:
-Cochin
-Silkie
-Silkie
-Easter Egger
-Black Copper Marans
I enjoy having varied egg colors, so any egg color. I get hot summers and cold winters. I'm not looking for broody hens but don't mind breaking them, and for the parent's sake, high egg production would be great. These birds will have some free range time but not infinite time, so I'd need breeds that can adjust to being confined and I don't need any super good foragers. I'm mostly open on traits like egg color, foraging, and broodiness, as I don't mind variation.

I can't speak for the others, but my Black Australorp is a big, hearty, large brown egg laying
sweetheart.

 

[black_cat]

I can't speak for the others, but my Black Australorp is a big, hearty, large brown egg laying
sweetheart.

I was on a fence about them because my friend has one who is kinda a jerk, but I have decided to go for one in my second round of chicks.

 

[orloffer]

Your choice of a White Leghorn for egg production, is a good one. There's also the California White. Its similar to the Leghorn but a little bigger and is suppose to have egg more production than the Leghorn. I just received mine a month and half ago, so I wont know for sure until they start laying. I have 2 Red Sex Link hens and theyre big pretty hens, so I would vote for them. And the Golden and Silver Laced Wyandottes are both pretty birds, brown to light brown medium eggs, so my other vote would be for one of them.

I have a CA White, and they are great! They are basically white leghorns with the possibility of having one or two dark-streaked feathers.

 

[brahmamama415]

HI! You dont have it listed but I LOVE LOVE LOVE the chickens we have. We have Buff Brahma chickens. We are first time chicken owners and have had our girls since this March. We love our girls so much that we ordered 6 more chicks in July (2 of which are roos by our choice) They are the most friendly docile birds, my kids love them they love our kids and they are integrating slowly but very well with our little chicks. dont overlook this breed they are big and beautiful.

 

[Susan945]

We often dip below freezing in the winter, but are usually at (estimating) 35-50 degrees fahrenheit? Maybe? ish? I don't reaaaaally know that well. If I were to get a speckled Sussex, I would name it Confetti, Dottie, or Pebbles.

You would love the Sussex. Very friendly and mine just started laying, but they are brown. They get along with my silver lace Wyandotte very well. Beautiful hens!